Good twin, bad twin
As with most situations in United States society of the 1950s, meritocracy influenced every aspect of life, especially when it came to females. One was either a good girl and deserving of the [...]
“…and out of control”
When Charlene (Ayanna Berkshire) writes, “He was throbbing and out of control,” she is not talking about a man who just hammered his thumb. No, Charlene, a single mom with two [...]
Mlima’s Tale – powerful and moving
Mlima is one of the treasured “big tuskers” elephants in a Kenyan wild animal preserve. Protected by the government, he roams freely for the 50-plus years of his life until he is [...]
Claudia, A Love Story, takes us on a world tour
Claudia is a baby pangolin–a small, aardvark-like creature–who shows up in Momo’s pocket at her grandfather’s stinky fish market in Wuhan, China. And she is the star of [...]
A hilarious Reign of Terror
It’s an odd collection of characters assembled on the Artists Repertory Theatre stage in Lauren Gunderson‘s The Revolutionists. They include the French feminist, activist, and artist [...]
The Blind Side
It’s Thanksgiving Day 2000, and everyone in a certain East Village apartment are up to the task except the hostess, Ellen (Beth Thompson). She is obsessing about the results from the recent [...]
The bloody, bloody Secretaries!
We are the secretaries and we do things secretarial And once a month we kill a guy and cut him up for burial It’s a slasher play. It’s a comedy. No, it’s a black and [...]
The very essence of romance–The Importance of Being Earnest at Artists Repertory Theatre
One of the most brilliant, and certainly funniest, plays in the English language has invaded the stage at Artists Repertory Theatre! The Importance of Being Earnest, written by Oscar Wilde [...]